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15 Questions

1. The person that revolutionized the study of heredity through his experiments with pea
plants was ________________

A Mendel B Einstein

C Punnett

2. _________________ is an organism's physical feature (appearance)

A Genotype B Phenotype

3. Where can a gene be found?

Within the DNA of the organism(living

A B In the heart of the organism(living thing)
thing)

C On a person's clothing

4. Which of the following is NOT an example of a trait?

A liking vanilla B body height

C eye color D freckles

5. _____________ is an organism’s genetic make-up

A Genotype B Phenotype

6. ______________ is the passing of traits (physical characteristics) from parent to offspring.

A Heredity B Recessive

C Dominance D D) Mutations

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7. Which trait will always show up when the gene is present in the organisms’ DNA?

A Dominant Trait B Recessive Trait

8. A child looks more like one parent than the other because a child only inherits
chromosomes from one parent.

A True B False

9. What is the phenotype for the image above?

A bb B Blue eyes

C Brown eyes D Bb

10. The study of heredity is called ___________.

A genetics B pea plants

C mutations D recessive

11. An orange-flowered plant is crossed with a purple-flowered plant. If

orange is the dominant trait and purple is the recessive trait, what
percentage of the offspring have a chance of being an Orange
flower ?

A 100% B 50%

C 25% D 75%

12. ___________ is the characteristic of the living thing (some examples are the color of a flower,
or a human’s hair color).

A Trait B Mutation

C Recessive D Pea plants

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13. What is the genotype for the image?

A Bb B Brown eyes

C Blue eyes D bb

14. What model is used to predict what the offspring could look like based on the parents
genotype (parents genetics for that trait)?

A Punnett square B Pedigree

15. What model can be used to show traits from genetically related family members over
several generations?

A Punnett square B Pedigree

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